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Ingram (sub-)distributes Apple
2012-04-11
Switzerland : as the demand in Apple products grows in the country, broadliner Ingram Micro has decided to include its products in its portfolio, even if unable to sign a direct distribution partnership with the Cupertino company. The only official Apple distributors in the country remain broadliners ALSO and Tech Data.

No more Also for Logitech
2012-03-30
Switzerland : for undisclosed reasons, Logitech had stopped its distribution partnership with broadliner Also. The current other distributors of the Swiss accessory vendor are now Elconex, Ingram Micro, Littlebit and Tech Data.

Ingram to attack physical security business
2012-03-08
Gerhard Schulz, the director of the German office of broadliner Ingram Micro, has unveiled plans to attack the physical security market through a dedicated division before the end of the year. It will follow on this market Danish broadliner EET, who expanded its Safevision business in whole Europe some months ago.

Ingram Micro names Alain Monié CEO
2012-01-30
Broadliner Ingram Micro has promoted Alain Monié to CEO. Monié, who will also retain his current title of president, succeeds Gregory Spierkel, who will remain at the company until April 15, 2012, to assist in the management transition. Monié, a 61yo French national, is currently the company's president and COO. He joined Ingram Micro as executive vice president in January 2003 and was appointed president of the APAC region a year later. He was promoted to president and COO of the corporation in August 2007 and resigned three years later to become chief executive officer of April Management, a Singapore-based pulp and paper industry giant. On Nov. 1, 2011, Monié returned to Ingram Micro in his current role, re-assuming his prior responsibilities : a nearly flawless engagement for someone who was groomed to be Spierkel's successor. Before Ingram Micro, Monié was the head of LATAM operations at Honeywell International and APAC operations at Allied Signal, where he led the company's expansion into China and India. Monié has been a member of the board of directors of Amazon since November 2008, and was recently elected to the board of Ingram Micro in November 2011.

Ingram stores on LSI
2011-10-21
LSI has expanded its European partnership with broadliner Ingram Micro to the DACH region (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland). The broadliner will distribute the full LSI and 3Ware lines of storage adapters and infrastructure in these countries.